I need help identifying gerund or gerund phrase, and then what is the subject, predicate noun, direct object, object of a preposition for the following sentences:

Even the clock's ticking annoyed her.

Jenny tried reading for awhile

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Even the clock's ticking annoyed her.

Gerund phrase: clock's ticking
Subject: ticking
Direct object: her

Gerund: reading
Subject: Jenny
Object of preposition: awhile